Gage for sewing-machines.



J. L( KLEINMAN.

l GAGE FOBSEWINQ MACHINES.

LPRLIOATIon FILED nov. 1v1, 190s.

` I j Paflltd Mal'.l 15, 1910.

Afm/filers neon Lute ummm, or New roux. n. Y.

anon ron swx'nuwnwzs.

pecicltlon of Letten hunt.

Patented Mnl. 1 5, 1910.

Application ma november n. 190s. -serial n. 527,395,

To all whom may concern:

Be it known that I, Jaoon Lois Kuns- MAN., a subject of the Czar of Russia, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Gage for Sewing-Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact de scription.

The object of the invention -is to provide a new and improved gage for use on the presser foot of a sewing machine, and arranged to insure accurate guiding of the fabric material with a View to locate the row of stitches the desired distance from thc edge of the fabric material or parallel to a previous row of stitches.

For the purpose mentioned, a gage is provided having a shank and a guidin tiange thereon, the shank slidingly engaging the presser foot at the bottom thereof, the under side of the shank being Hush with the under side of the presser foot.

A practical. embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved gage as applied; Fig. 2 is en enarged side elevation of the gage in position on the detached presser foot; Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same; Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the presser foot'wth the gage removed, a shoe being applied to the presser foot to cover up the bottom opening in the presser foot.

On the under side of the presser foot A is arranged a guideway B, iu which is mounted to slide t 1e shank C of a gage haring a depending' transversely-cxtemling flange ("v'. adapted to engage the edge D of the fabric material D, to locate the row of stitches to be made in the usual manner by the needle lil. a desired distance from the said edge D and parallel to it, as will hc rcadilp1 understood by reference to Fig. I. 'lhc guidewaj. Il and the shank C are located in the rear of the needle E, and the gnidcway is prcfer ably in the forni of a dovotail groove. and the .shank C is formed corrcslmndingly in cross section, to slidin ly engage the groove and thus pern'lit of a( justing the llangc C' nearer to or farther from the needle E. according to the desired distance lntwr-cn the row of stitches and the edge Il' of the fabric material I). The guideway B has its rear wall in the form of a manually-controlled clamping member B', to clamp the shank C in place in the guideway after the ga fe is adjusted to the desired position, as u :ove mentioned and shown in Fig. 1. The clamping member B is in the form of a springpressed lever, fulcrnmed at. B2 on the back of the presser foot A, and the said lever is Jressed on by a spring B" to hold the ineinr B' in clamplng contact with the rear edge of the shank C. Now by reference to Figs. 1 und 2, it will be seen that the bottom of the presser foot. A and the under side of the shank C are flush and consequently the shank C extends over the top of the material D, while the tiunge C depends to properly engage the side edge D of the material D. The flange C is provided at its forward portion with a horizontally-extendinv arm C2, adapted to engage the top of the `f abric materia-l 1),' to prevent the same from bulging in an upward direction while passing over the table F of the sewing machine and the said arm C2 has the top portion of the same spaced from the shank C, as will be readily seen by referring toA Figs, 1 and 2. The top of the shank C 1s preferably provided with a graduation C, to indicate the distance the gage is to be set, that is, to the distance between the needle E and the side edge D' of the fabric material D.

In case the gage is removed and is not used, it is desirable to close the bottom of the guideway B so as to prevent the material from being caught in the said guideway, and for this purpose use is made of a shoe (i, extending under thel entire bottom of the pres-ier foot A.. the shoe having` its forward end turned backward over thc front. cud nl' the presser foot. and this turned over portion is fastened in luce on the presser foot b v a screw il. as im icated in Fig.

It. is understood that. by havinpr the gage arranged in the manuel.' described, it passes directly over the fabric material D. thus in curing u pro )er gagng of llul material. espcclally :is t lo llangc ll' abuis against the wlge D.

Having thus described my invention. Il claim as new and desire tu secure b v lmllors Patent:

l. ln combination a press-wr foot provided at its under side with a gnillcway haring;` a sprllgpresa-:cd clamping: nwnllwr. a gage haring a shank engaging thc said faith-way damped therein by nimmer,

the said damping] the said shank and 'priester fana being iinsb at. the under side, and a tranne? l verse grinding iiange at. one en of the sind. shank and extending downward below the under side of the shank to engage the edge ofthe fabric material, the sind iiange having an angular to member adapted to rest e3 top of the fabric material adjacent to the e e.

In combination, a presser foot Krovided at its under side with a guideway aving a spring-pressed clamping member, gage havinglg a shank engaging the said guldevgay and e mped. therein by member, the said shank and presser ing flush at. the under side, guiding fiange at one end of the said shank and extending downward below the ander side of the shank to engage the edge of the fabric material, the said ange having an angular top member adagited to rest on top of the fabric material a jacent to the edge,

fout beshank.

the said ciamplng and a transverse i i, Witnesses:

the top member being spaced from the\ l #am z 3, In. eombinaiion. a praemien' fooipra vidad at. the bank thereof with a springr pressed clamping member having an end of the sanne farming one side of a nlnvetailml gnideway on the under side of the prese-er font, a gage havin?l a dovetailed shank adapted to engage t e said guideway, vand removably clamped therein by the said clamping member with the said shank and said presser foot iinsh atthe under side, and a transverse guiding fiange at one end of the said shank and extending downward below the under side of the shank to engage the edge nf the fabric material, the sind dangle having an angular top member adapted to rest on tup of the fabric material adjacent to the edge, and the said top member heingf spaced from the shank.

In testimony whereof I have signed nay name to this specification 1n the presence of i two subscribing witnesses s, JACOB LUIS KLEINMAS.

THEO. G. Hoeren, PHILIP D. RoLmlAUs. 

